8/9 of 10: I’d give an 8 to A Long Way From Chicago and a 9 to A Year Down Yonder, but they are both just delightful. These are the kind of books I can’t wait to read aloud to my children. The summer that Bart and I were engaged, I started reading again in earnest, with a particular focus…
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You’ve Got Mail
I love getting the mail – it’s like anticipating a little surprise every single day. Many days, of course, it’s nothing but HEB flyers and coupons for Pizza Hut, but on occasion something lovely shows up and it keeps me anxious to keep checking the mail (wasn’t there a study about pigeons and random reward allotment?). On Sunday, I went…
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A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
8 of 10: A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table is a book that made me want to eat cool salads made from chopped pistachios and bittersweet chocolate. Also, I now want to move to Seattle and buy my fish straight from the sea. After book blogs, my biggest chunk of Google Reader is probably dedicated to…
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Brown Squirrel
Early this morning, I left for a week of camping with a bunch of teenage girls. Along with five other leaders, I’m responsible for 25 thirteen-year-old girls and another 6 sixteen and seventeen year old girls who act as junior leaders for the younger girls. We’ll hike, stargaze, learn outdoorsy skills, swim, and probably come home filthy. Also, this is…
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Life Goals
A few months ago, my mom sent me an email about HUGE goals. She was listening to a seminar that suggested coming up with your life goals – what you really want to do with your life, even if it seems almost impossible – and setting three-year goals based on that. Otherwise, you set year-long goals which aren’t as meaningful…
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